Namely Jizhou Ding, Yanzhou Ding, Qingzhou Ding, Xuzhou Ding, Yangzhou Ding, Jingzhou Ding, Yuzhou Ding, Liangzhou Ding and Yongzhou Ding. On the tripod, there are famous mountains, rivers, beasts and birds in each state. Jiuding symbolizes Kyushu, in which Yuzhou Ding is the central tripod and Yuzhou is the central hub.
Jiuding's history
Jiuding is a masterpiece of China in the Bronze Age. Its casting technology marks the end of barbarism and the beginning of civilization in China history. Although there are many records about Jiuding in history, as early as 2000 years ago, it didn't know where it was hidden.
Mozi Geng Zhu said, "Jiuding has been established and moved to the Three Kingdoms." The Three Kingdoms refers to the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. After Jiuding was cast, it was once spread to Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Based on this, we can infer that Jiuding did exist in history.
In 606 BC, Chu Zhuangwang, one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period, became increasingly powerful. He is ambitious and wants to replace King Zhou and decide the world. One day, King Ding of Zhou sent someone to hold a welcoming ceremony for him. At the ceremony, the king of Chu openly despised the king of Zhou and won the championship. When the angel of King Zhou was about to meet him, he was scared out in a cold sweat. The ambition of the king of Chu to destroy Zhou was exposed. Since then, people have called the struggle for political power "winning the championship".
After many vicissitudes, Jiuding's whereabouts are unknown. According to Sima Qian's Historical Records, in 225 BC, in the fifty-second year of King Qin Zhao, after Zhou Nanwang's death, Qin Mugong plundered Jiuding from Luoyi, the capital of Zhou Dynasty, to the capital of Qin State.
However, Ban Gu, a historian in the Eastern Han Dynasty, opposed Sima Qian's statement. Ban Gu said in Han Shu that King Zhou Xian was forty-two years old? In 327 BC, Jiuding sank in Pengcheng? Today in Surabaya, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, after Qin Shihuang unified the whole country, he couldn't find Jiuding for a long time, and he always felt sorry. During his southern tour, he sent thousands of people to Surabaya for salvage, but found nothing.
Wang Xianqian, a historian in Qing Dynasty, made a long-term study on Jiuding's whereabouts and put forward new viewpoints. Wang Xianqian pointed out in Supplementary Notes to Hanshu that due to the decline of the royal family at the end of the Zhou Dynasty, the princes competed for the Central Plains, and Jiuding became the focus of competing for the supremacy. In order to make peace, the king of Zhou had to destroy the tripod and cast money, but lied to the outside world that he did not know where to go, so as not to let the princes of all walks of life fight with each other to find fault.
There is no doubt that Jiuding, as the treasure of the town house, did exist and has been circulated for more than two thousand years. But whether Jiuding still exists and where it exists is still a mystery buried in the hearts of many people in China.
The Legend of Zhu Yu's Nine Ding
After Dayu established the Xia Dynasty, he enfeoffed many vassal states on the basis of former princes and grandchildren. After a long time, some vassal States could not help but abandon Germany. In order to review the number of vassal States in the world and maintain the unified relationship between Xia Dynasty and vassal States, Dayu decided to hold a vassal state meeting. At this point, the governors from all sides came to the DPRK in succession, and Yu Xia took the opportunity to hold a ceremony to worship the suburbs, while the governors from all walks of life stayed in Yangcheng to help offer sacrifices. When offering sacrifices, Dayu bowed his head and prayed deeply. The ceremony officer read the congratulatory message loudly, and the governors of all parties listened carefully. The first half is to pray for the country and the people, and the second half says that there are blessings in the world, and future sages will certainly pass them on, and they will never give names privately. The generals said, "I know that Hao Tao is the leader of all the ministers. He is over the age of ancient times and has made many achievements. I hereby entrust him to God and pray for his permission. I hope to pray for him. "
After the sacrifice, the princes dispersed and got together again. Everyone is deeply dissatisfied with Dayu. A vassal said, "That's funny. He recommended Hao Tao to go to heaven. Hao Tao is dying. Who doesn't know? " "He wants Zen to take his place, isn't it for nothing?" A warlord went on to say, "I heard that Yu Xia's son joined countless confidants and wanted to inherit the throne." Where is Dayu willing to preach sages? Later, the dissatisfied princes all went home.
After Dayu's sacrifice in the suburbs, I couldn't help wondering when I saw as many as 33 countries refusing to obey the princes. Counting down, most dissatisfied countries are in the southeast. So Dayu decided to hold a governors' meeting in Tushan, southeast of Yangcheng, as soon as possible to review his mistakes. On the day of the formal meeting, Dayu stood on the stage in a robe and Xuangui in hand. According to the direction of his land, the four governors bowed to Dayu as a gift, and Dayu also bowed to him on the stage. After the ceremony, Yu Xia said loudly to the princes, "I am humble and fresh, which is not enough to convince the public. I called everyone to this meeting in the hope that everyone would understand sincere blame, discipline and persuasion, let me know and let me change. " I try to level the soil and water. Although I have done a little work, I am the most serious in my life. The first emperor often used this as a warning to say to me:' If you are not proud, the world will not compete with you for energy; If you don't cut, the world won't compete with you for merit. If I am proud of cutting, please tell me to my face, otherwise it will teach me to be ruthless! I will listen to your teachings. "As we all know, Dayu was ordered by heaven, and the governors who have opinions on Dayu expressed their respect and admiration when they saw this attitude, which eliminated the original doubts.
At this conference, governors from all sides took gifts to congratulate North Korea. Big countries give jade articles and small countries give silk. According to historical records, "Yu will be a vassal of Tushan, and all countries hold silks." After Dayu rewarded the princes, he also rewarded them, and stated that he must pay tribute according to the rules. At the same time, Dayu also said that he would try his best to protect the rights of neighboring countries to vassal countries. After the Tushan Congress, the vassals parted ways happily. Dayu also led the ministers back to Yangcheng, the capital. On the way, there was an urgent report that Hao Tao had died. Hearing this, Dayu was deeply saddened. After returning to Beijing, he recommended Boyi to heaven. In this way, the suspicious princes knew that they had misunderstood Dayu, and while firmly supporting Dayu, they also actively offered various tributes.
To show respect, governors from all directions often come to Yangcheng to offer "gold", that is, bronze. Later, Kyushu donated more copper year by year. Dayu remembered the success of Xuanyuan's tripod casting in the previous dynasty. In order to commemorate the Tu Shan Conference, he prepared to cast the "gold" presented by governors from all directions into several big tripods. However, in order to avoid the censure of the governors, after careful consideration, Dayu decided to use the tribute money of which state to cast the tripod, and the state's mountains and rivers were cast on the tripod. And cast all kinds of strange animals, monsters and so on. In the past, people in Kyushu knew which one was a god and which one was a traitor.
A few months later, Dayu had been in office for five years. Xia Yucheng's system of Emperor Shun also made a tour at the age of five. After returning from the hunting tour, there are magnificent Jiuding, namely Jizhou Ding, Yanzhou Ding, Qingzhou Ding, Xuzhou Ding, Yangzhou Ding, Jingzhou Ding, Yuzhou Ding, Liangzhou Ding and Yongzhou Ding. On the tripod, there are famous mountains, rivers, beasts and birds in each state. Jiuding symbolizes Kyushu, in which Yuzhou Ding is the central tripod and Yuzhou is the central hub. Jiuding concentrated in Yangcheng, the capital of Xia Dynasty, to show that Wang Dayu in Xia Dynasty became the master of Kyushu, and the world was unified from then on. Jiuding then became a place of "destiny", a symbol of supremacy of kingship and national unity and prosperity. Dayu called Jiuding the treasure of the town house, and when the governors from all sides came to appear before him, they all paid homage to Jiuding. Since then, Jiuding has become the most important ritual vessel in China. Later, Xia Dynasty was destroyed by Shang Dynasty, and Jiuding moved to the capital of Shang Dynasty. When the Shang Dynasty was destroyed by the Zhou Dynasty, Jiuding moved to Haojing of the Zhou Dynasty. Later, Wang Cheng established its capital in Luoyi and put Jiuding in Luoyi, which was called Dingding. This is the so-called "Ding in the country, Ding lost the country and died". Jiuding, as the treasure of the town house and the tripod of the country, has only been passed down for three generations. About two thousand years later, it disappeared mysteriously because of frequent wars on weekends and became an eternal mystery.